committee

Noun
  1. A special group delegated to consider some matter (synset 108341444)
    "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"
    is a type of: administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
    subtypes:
    • economic and social council commission, ecosoc commission - a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
    • blue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee - an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue
    • board - a committee having supervisory powers
    • election commission - a commission delegated to supervise an election
    • fairness commission - a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views
    • planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments
    • conservancy - a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
    • select committee - a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose
    • subcommittee - a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose
    • standing committee - a permanent committee
    • steering committee - a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body
    • ethics committee, ethics panel - a committee appointed to consider ethical issues
    • finance committee - a committee appointed to consider financial issues
    • politburo - the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party
    • pac, political action committee - committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
    • praesidium, presidium - a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
    • zoning commission - a commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial use
    • jury, panel - a committee appointed to judge a competition
    • vestry - in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
    member holonym:
    same as: commission
  2. A self-constituted organization to promote something (synset 108342616)
    is a type of: ngo, nongovernmental organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
    subtypes:
    same as: citizens committee

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